Beyond the Noise: ‘Class Will Out’ – special edition with Jim Slaven

12/04/2019

Ben Wray

Beyond the Noise with David Jamieson is a weekly podcast with CommonSpace journalist David Jamieson, where he gets behind the 24/7 news cycle and gets to heart of issues, trying to find the substance behind the headlines.

IN a special podcast, Beyond the Noise teamed up with All Hail to the Pod’s Jim Slaven in Edinburgh to discuss the contemporary crisis of the British state and the significance of class politics.

Among other things they discuss:

3:32 – How The crisis in the Conservative party has exposed the true nature of Brexit as a calamity for the ruling elite.

19:00 – Why are many on the left so tied to parliament, its procedures and cultures?

32:36 – How can immigration and its weaponisation by the right be re-framed in class political terms?

47:20 – What are the implications for the crisis for Scottish independence, and where is Scottish nationalism heading as a political force?